West v. Slick

MEYER, Justice.

The primary issue presented on this appeal is whether the petitioners’ evidence was sufficient to take the case to the jury. We find that it was and for the reasons stated herein we reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand the case to the trial division for trial on the merits.

The area of North Carolina known and usually referred to as “the Outer Banks” consists of narrow windswept islands and spits of land guarding our coastal sounds and waters and is characterized by its remoteness, its sparsity of population, its frequent battering by high winds and high seas…